prefer

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
  2. (dated, transitive) To advance, promote (someone or something).
  3. (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

Frecuencia

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pɹɪˈfɜː/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan. Doublet of prelate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as collate and confer among others.

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